Three arrested after wild 100-mph chase through Marin Saturday

Three Sonoma County residents were arrested near Sausalito early Saturday morning after a wild 100-mph chase in a stolen car through Marin, officials said.

Alan Arturo Tapia-Ramirez, 18, of Petaluma, Eduardo DeJesus Lopez-Morales, 20, of Rohnert Park, and a 15-year-old passenger in a white Toyota Solara were arrested, according to Officer Andrew Barclay of the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officers saw the speeding car on northbound Highway 101 near Sausalito at about 3:10 a.m. and tried to make a traffic stop, Barclay said. But Tapia-Ramirez, who Barclay said was driving, fled, nearly losing control on a wide turn with officers in pursuit, then took the Highway 1-Mill Valley off-ramp, Barclay said.

Tapia-Ramirez sped north on Highway 1, turned onto Tennessee Valley Road, lost control of the car and crashed into a drainage culvert, Barclay said. The three took off running, but a CHP officer nabbed Lopez-Morales with the help of a Taser, a second CHP officer grabbed the teenaged passenger and Marin County Sheriff's deputies tracked down Tapia-Ramirez.

The officers found controlled substances they believed to be cocaine and marijuana in the car, Barclay said, and they also observed that Tapia-Ramirez seemed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The officers found that the car wasn't registered to any of the occupants and contacted the registered owner, a San Francisco resident who said the car had just been stolen, Barclay said.

Lopez-Morales was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest and felony receiving of stolen property; Tapia-Ramirez was arrested on suspicion of felony evading while driving, felony receiving of stolen property, felony possession of a narcotic, misdemeanor resisting arrest, misdemeanor DUI, misdemeanor driving on a suspended license for DUI and failure to appear in court on a warrant, Barclay said.

Barclay said the teenager, who was on probation, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor resisting arrest and felony receiving stolen property and booked into juvenile hall.